I'm contemplating buying this. Would I like it? I'm into Asian horrors like Ringu, The Eye, A Tale Of Two Sisters etc. but I'm also a fan of sick gore flicks like The Evil Dead, Cannibal Holocaust, Kichiku Dai Enkai and Bad Taste. Could you compare this film to any other?
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Judging by the films you mentioned, yes. It's an amalgam of Asian and Italian horror with a little bit of Cronenberg thrown in for good measure. The Evil Dead, Videodrome, The Brood, any argento film all seem to be inspirations so if you like those films, chances are you will like this one...
shareThanks. Problem now is that the only copy I can get my filthy horror-fan mitts on costs £19.99 - are there any cheaper copies out there?
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If you're that much of a fan then it's worth shelling out a little extra and getting the Asian Shockers box-set, which also includes Uzumaki and The Spiral.
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Bollocks! I went and bought the aforementioned copy - had I known about this Asian Shockers box-set...that sounds ideal - I absolutely have to see both Uzumaki and Rasen. Thanks anyway.
shareRasen is not worth your time. It's so bad that even the people who made it pretend it doesn't exist.
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That's why I want to see it! Though if it detracts from the other Ringu films in any way...
My top 20 here: http://www.ymdb.com/theeye23/l30156_ukuk.html
It doesn't really detract from the other Ring films -- Ring 2 is bobbins anyway, and Ring is just untouchable genius -- but it, weirdly, just doesn't seem to fit. On occasion, Rasen openly contradicts Ring.
Lots of elements from the novel and the manga were left out, mostly the scary parts. And the parts that make it make sense. And the interesting parts.
Uzamaki, however, is bloody amazing. Highly recommended.
Of the boxset, it's probably the only one of those three movies worth watching more than once.
Dont bother with the UK version, It's typical Artsmagic bollox. Pick up the R1 for the extras and the better image quality. Most importantly it's uncut unlike te UK version which is cut by 8 secs.
Awfull picture quality seems to affect all the Artmagic releases i've seen.
I've bought Uzumaki separately...I can't tell if I love it for its quirkiness or despise it because I just didn't understand exactly why these things were happening.
My top 20 here: http://www.ymdb.com/theeye23/l30156_ukuk.html
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Rasen is not worth your time. It's so bad that even the people who made it pretend it doesn't exist.In my opinion, Rasen (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0134928) is the best of the series (any Ring series from anywhere), it's far closer to the original material than any of the other movies, which is probably why so many people hate it, they just want a straight no-brain horror rather than having to think a little. Still, each to their own.
the untold story is a great movie ... didnt like all the silly police comedy but part form that it was really good!
shareEvil Dead Trap is nothing more than a typical slasher. Really, there's nothing special about it. People seem to want to compare it to an Argento film, most likely because of its methodical brutality, but the kills are really nothing special. The film is nonsensical, stupid and has a laughable ending.
The film is set up exactly like a thousand other slashers: one main "final girl" and the rest of the characters are victims. They are all dumb, split up in no time, and practically beg to be killed as they wander around in the shadows. Sex and death. Yawn.
EDT is another one of those films whose notoriety was due to its scarcity in America, pre-DVD. Save your money. If my copy hadn't been given to me as a gift, I would send it to you at no charge.
I suppose I might be too hard on Evil Dead Trap. Let me put it this way, then: at worst, its all of the above...at best, it's nothing special.
It's not really a typical slasher, I'd call it a very atypical slasher. American slashers are somawhat tame compared to this. This is a downright mean flick at moments. It's not very original nor great, but what it lacks in those departments, it makes up in sheer nastiness sometimes.
This is not a great date movie either... trust me.
The cult factor lies in the fact that Japanese porn actresses are in this flick and it was a somewhat exotic movie in the 90's (as in hard to find). If you're interested in some porn action, you'll be sorely disappointed though; only 1 (quite lame) sex scene, quite a waste of good porn actresses...
In general it's a nice movie to see, but not a must to own. If you can get it cheap, buy it. Otherwise go steal/rent it from a sick friend like me.
The film really starts out like a typical slasher, the female reporter and her friends go to this factory and gets killed one by one, but the pace slowed down on the second half as it starts to unravel the inner world of the killer, and that's what I like about this movie.
shareIm with you, delicreep.
I love Asian horror films, including many with shocking gore, but this film struck me as entirely without merit. Nothing worked. I think the main problem is that the brutal gore and creepy atmosphere are copped from Italian horror films (particularly, as mentioned, Argento), but the editing is completely derivative of American film and television. The result was, for me, a wholly unsatisfying experience.
I wanted to like this movie, but everything about it screams "trashy exploitation" (and not the fun kind). The acting is horrid, the shaky camerawork is nausea inducing (much like Irreversible, but THAT film had a purpose beyond exploitation) and the gore is depicted in a queesy manner that arouses neither shock nor fear, it merely disgusts and repels. Its also an incredibly ugly and unpleasant film to look at. Too bad its mimickry of Argento's style doesn't include his knack for colorful, baroque visuals. Just compare the depiction of the "maggots" in both films and you'll see the difference. Argento has style and verve while the director of this film merely "shows" the maggots in a bland, uninspired manner. This banal approach charecterizes the entire misbeggoten affair...even its TITLE arouses thoughts of superior films.
Put simply this film is a truly torturous experience consisting mostly of people "walking around" an abandoned warehouse, punctuated by a few gory but unimaginative setpieces that fail to live up to the "trap" concept sufficiently. And WHY are we subjected to all this unpleasantness? Yep, a half-hearted, holier-than-thou condmenation of voyeurism that the film (like Oliver Stone's equally hypocritical but entertaining Natural Born Killers) gleefully puts aside whenever the next "shock killing" occurs. No wonder he's quoted on the box.
Almost anything by Takashi Miike or Kiyoshi Kurosawa is better than this.
This movie is the pitts!!